Flowers for Algernon

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Flowers for Algernon

• Vocabulary
• English Department
• Bidwell Jr. High School

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Absurd

• Adj
• Completely stupid or unreasonable
• The mans mullet was absurd.

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Introspective

• Adj
• tending to think deeply about your own thoughts,
  feelings, or behavior
• The eighth grader sat alone and was very deep and
  introspective.

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Proportional

• Adj
• In the correct or most suitable relationship to
  it in size, amount, importance
• The mans head was not proportional to his body.

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Shrew

• Noun
• an unpleasant woman who always argues and
  disagrees with people
• The mean old woman down the street was a shrew.

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Syndrome

• Noun
• an illness which consists of a set of physical or
  mental problems
• Stockholm Syndrome is when a person who is
  kidnapped shows loyalty to the kidnapper.

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Naïveté

• Adj
• not having much experience of how complicated
  life is
• The country bumpkin showed his naiveté when he
  went to the big city.

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Regression

• Noun
• the act of returning to an earlier condition that
  is worse or less developed
• The boy regressed when his little sister was born.

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Specialization

• Noun
• limiting ones interests or activities to one
  particular subject
• The doctors specialization was feet.

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Tangible

• Adj
• clear enough to be easily seen or noticed
• There is no tangible evidence of Caseys guilt.

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Hypothesis

• Noun
• Idea or guess about something that has yet to be
  proven
• The idea that Sasquatch is real is only a
  hypothesis.

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Impair

• Verb
• to damage something or make it not as good as it
  should be
• The illness had impaired his ability to think and
  concentrate.

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Opportunist

• Noun
• someone who uses every opportunity to gain power,
  money, or unfair advantages
• The dishonest kid was an opportunist.

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Sensation

• Noun
• a feeling that you get from one of your five
  senses, especially the sense of touch
• One sign of a heart attack is a tingling
  sensation in the left arm.

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Statistic

• Noun
• A set of numbers which represent facts or
  measurements
• Statistics show that 50 of new businesses fail
  in their first year.

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Vacuous

• Adj
• showing no intelligence or having no useful
  purpose
• The kids vacuous expression showed he wasnt
  very bright.

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